NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/rec/arts/animatio/5782

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Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: Suggestions for a good IBM animator
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Date: 21 Nov 92 16:25:09 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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I was wondering if anyone could suggest a relatively simple, user-freindly,
and cheap (yeah, right...) animation program for the IBM.  I know the IBM
isn't a great graphics computer, but it's what I've got and I dont really
want to spend another $2000 on a new one.  Anyway, I've seen the Disney
Animator and it looked pretty good.  It's only $100 at my local conputer
store, so it might be worth it.  The only problem is it supposedly is slow
and hard to use, and I've heard that the animations take up lots of HDD space
and hog RAM when they're played back.  The other animator I've heard of is the
Autodesk Aninimator (Pro?) which is about 5 times as expensive.  It looks a
lot better, but I'm not sure if it's worth the money for a beginning amature.
Also, I don't want to get something too simple and have to buy something new
after a few months.  Another thing I've heard about the Autodesk Animator is
a feature that lets you draw the first frame of a scene and then the last frame
and the computer will fill in the rest.  I'm not sure if this would be more
trouble than good, though, because the computer will probably start moving
the wrong parts of the pictures in a way I didn't want them moved...  If anyone
has had experience with this type of program, could you please give me your
opinions.

Thanks in advance!
Lucas Dambergs
[e-mail]
Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA